Berry Best Wishes ~ HSSSC356

Hello again and happy Tuesday friends!  I have been busily crafting away the snowy days and have another fun card to share with you today.  I am a sucker for sketches and this weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge did not disappoint!

The two smaller circles in the sketch made me think of the cute blueberries in the Sale-A-Bration Berry Blessings stamp set.  I stamped the blueberries in Pacific Point, then added a few Granny Apple Green leaves to create just a bit more of a background.

A sweet little blueberry branch took the place of the larger circle in the sketch and a white heat embossed sentiment on Pacific Point was the final touch.  Oh!  And I can't forget the gorgeous Berry Delightful DSP Pacific Point plaid behind all of the stamped images.  This pack of DSP has rekindled my relationship with Pacific Point for sure!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Pacific Point, Berry Delightful DSP

Ink ~ VersaMark, Pacific Point, Granny Apple Green

Stamp Set ~ Berry Blessings

Other Supplies ~ Stitched Rectangles Dies

I hope you will join us in our latest Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge!  We always love to see what you create!

Happy Stamping!

Happy Birthday Spring Chicken

Happy Monday friends! I'm back today with another super cute chicken card...can you tell how much I love these sets?!?

Today's card was inspired by the latest Freshly Made Sketches sketch.  

I created the background by stamping the adorable little chick egg from Hey Chick in Crumb Cake, then added some Pool Party Pinewood Planks 3D strips.  Say that fast 3 times!! 

I stamped the Hey Birthday Chick baby chick in Memento, then colored the little cutie in shades of Pool Party and Daffodil Delight, with a Granny Apple Green and Magenta Madness party hat.  Oh, and I can't forget the tiny Pumpkin Pie feet and beak! The little guy was popped up on top of some Magenta Madness confetti.  What's a birthday without confetti?!?!

I heat embossed the Happy Birthday sentiment on Magenta Madness and "you're still a spring chicken" on Granny Apple green.  I fussy cut each word out and arranged them in a fun little pattern under the party chick. 

I can't wait to share this card with my club next month.  They are going to love it!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Magenta Madness, Granny Apple Green, Whisper White

Ink ~ Crumb Cake, Magenta Madness, Memento, VersaMark, Stampin' Blends:  Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Magenta Madness, Pumpkin Pie

Stamp Sets ~ Hey Chick, Hey Birthday Chick

Other Supplies ~ Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder, White Embossing Powder, Birthday Chick Dies

After doing school from home for over 10 months, my youngest was finally able to go back to in person school for half days today.  He was so excited and happy to see his teacher and some of his classmates!  They are doing an AM/PM scheduled, so only have of their class is in the building at a time, which is kind of a bummer.  We hope that by next fall ALL of our students will be back in the classroom ALL day!

Happy Stamping!!

Party In The Hen House ~ Monday Montage

Hello and welcome back to an all new Monday Montage Blog Hop, with an all new look!  What do you think about our new badges?!?  Our fearless leader, Wendy, spruced things up for us and I LOVE it!  Be sure to hop all the way through so you don't miss any of the great projects we have in store for you!

Being the crazy-chicken-lady that I am, of COURSE I had to get the adorable new Birthday Chick stamp set. You can only imagine how excited I was when Stampin' Up! released coordinating dies for this stamp set AND brought back the Hey Chick stamp set with coordinating dies.  There's a party in the hen house!  I had to have it all!

I love these fun and festive party chickens!!  I was so happy to see the crazy, fuzzy head chicken make a comeback to help celebrate birthdays, along with a cute little chick and a big fluffy hen with her birthday balloon.  All of the chicks were colored with my Stampin' Blends and popped up on a Granny Apple Green Oh So Ombre piece of DSP stamped with some fun bits of confetti.  A couple Happy Birthday die cuts and a couple Bermuda Bay Oh So Ombre banners finished things off!

I loved the Hey Chick stamp set the first time it came out, and I love it even more now with the fun coordinating dies that include some super cute cornstalks and chicken coop.  I die cut 3 chicken coops in Poppy Parade, Whisper White and Soft Suede, then snipped away to create a farm friendly chicken coop! Aren't the corn stalks super cute?!?  Some of the pieces are pretty tiny, but were easy to put together with my trusty Glue Dots.

I'm hoping that I can talk my hubby into building me a new chicken coop like this one this spring or summer.  Our current coop certainly needs a facelift...gotta keep the hens happy!!!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Oh So Ombre DSP, True Love DSP

Ink ~ Granny Apple Green, Memento, Stampin' Blends:  Smoky Slate, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay

Stamp Sets ~ Hey Chick, Hey Birthday Chick

Other Supplies ~ Birthday Chick Dies, Chick Dies

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

We've added a list of everyone's home pages so you can hop along in any order you wish!  Just make sure you don't miss any!

Amy O'Neill - Amy's Paper Crafts

Breelin Renwick - Craft-somnia Momma <-- You are HERE

Cathy Casey - Sugar Shack Designs

Charlet Mallett - Painted Orange

Cheryl Curtis - Pomp and Sustenance

Dani Dziama - Dani's Thoughtful Corner

Elizabeth Price - Seeinginkspots

Julie Warnick - Creating on the Run

Melissa Stout - The Stamp Doc

Wendy Weixler - Wickedly Wonderful Creations

 

With Sprinkles on Top ~ #TIGFC300 Inspiration Challenge

It's Friday and that means it's time for an all new TGIF Challenges!  This week we are pulling inspiration from the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog.  I don't know about you, but the catalogs are one of my favorite places to turn for creative inspiration.

I found inspiration from the Circle Celebration samples on page 38 of the catalog.  My Layering Circles are probably my most used dies!

I cased this sample using the Ice Cream Corner Suite. The watercolor patterns in the Ice Cream Corner DSP look yummy enough to eat and are perfect for a sweet ice cream treat!

Did you know that the colors in the Ice Cream Corner DSP pair up perfectly with the Oh So Ombre DSP that you can earn during Sale-a-Bration?!?!  I love this!  The shades of Blackberry Bliss and Terracotta Tile are just delightful together.

I have been trying really hard to make more than one card whenever I create something new, swapping out a few colors or DSP patterns. I love the Bermuda Bay and Old Olive color combo...especially when you throw in a little Granny Apple Green with it!

I die cut a few sizes of circles for each card, layering them on top of the Oh So Ombre DSP, with a little piece of Ice Cream Corner DSP peeking out.  The scoops of ice cream and cones were punch right from the DSP as well, making these cards all come together in a hurry!  The most time consuming part was fussy cutting the Happy Birthday sentiment, which I never mind doing.  The Woven Threads Sequins were the sprinkles on top!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss, Granny Apple Green, Ice Cream Corner DSP, Oh So Ombre DSP

Ink ~ Terracotta Tile, Bermuda Bay, VersaMark

Stamp Set ~ Sweet Ice Cream

Other Supplies ~ Layering Circles Dies, Ice Cream Cone Builder Punch, Woven Threads Sequin Assortment

Thank you for visiting today!  I hope you will find your own creative inspiration in the new catalog and share your creation with us at TGIF Callenges!

Happy Stamping!

Flowering Cactus Love ~ Control Freaks Blog Hop

Welcome to January's Control Freaks Blog Hop where we are sharing our love of the new January-June 2021 Mini Catalog.  You may have just started the hop or arrive here from the amazingly creative Cindy Elam, but make sure you don't miss a stop!

Hi, my name is Bree and I have a houseplant addiction!  I have quite the collection, which include some adorable little cactus and succulents.  With that being said, you can only image how excited I was when I saw the Flowering Cactus Product Medley!

The Flowering Cactus DSP has a few sheets that have designs that coordinate with the Flowering Cactus dies. I love this! The only stamped image in my first card is the sentiment, which I heat embossed and die cut with the Tasteful Labels Dies.  So cool, right?  The cacti and flowers were all die cut right from the DSP!  I layered a few different patterns and added a circle of velum before placing the cacti.  

I love the pretty floral patterns of DSP, but the flip side is just a great!  I pulled several different patterns of paper in shades of green, placing them in kind of a wonky layout.  I, once again, die cut one cactus from the DSP, then added a few prickly little die cut cacti, which my son was quick to tell me look like pickles!  I may have to get creative with that!! Again, the only stamping was the sentiment!

This is such a fun kit and I am so happy that there is a refill.  That will be added to my next cart really soon!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Mossy Meadow, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Flowering Cactus DSP

Ink ~ VersaMark

Stamp Set ~ Flowering Cactus

Other supplies ~ Flowering Cactus Dies, Tasteful Labels Dies, Flowering Cactus Twine

Next in the lineup is the marvelous Melissa Davies.  I can't wait to see what she has for us this month!

Thanks for hopping along with us this month!

Happy Stamping!